Improvement in eaves-troughs



c. n. woo-nauw.

Eaves-Troughs.

Patented Aug. 25,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

CHAUNOEY D. WOODRUFF, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN EAVES-TROUGHS.

Specication forming partof Letters Patent No. 154,537, dated August 25, 187 4 application filed July e, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHAUNGEY D. Woon- RUFF, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eaves-Troughs; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a vpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of an eavestrou gh suspended by my improved brace. Fig. 2 is a crosssection oi the same through the center of said-brace; and Figs. 3 and 4c are plan views of the upper and lower sides, respectively, of said brace.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

My invention is an improvement upon a method of suspending eaves-troughs for which Letters Patent No. 10,606 were granted to me upon the 7 th day of March, 1854; Vand it consists, principally, in a brace or bar constructed of or from two corrugated strips of sheet metal, and havin g each of its ends tenoned and divided horizontally, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified. It consists, further, in the means employed for securing the lower portion of the suspension-rod to or upon the roof, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown.

In the annexed drawing, A represents an eaves-trough, provided, at suitable intervals along its upper side, with cross-bars or braces B and B, and suspended from a roof, O, by means of suspension-rods E and E, that are secured to or upon the upper side of the latter, and, extending outward and downward, are connected to or with said braces, as in my patent before named. In order that the braces B and B may have the necessary rigidity, and maybe capable of easy and durable attachment to the trough A, the former are formed of vtwo plates of metal, B and B', which are correspondingly arched longitudinally and transversely, are placed closely together, and the projecting edges b and b of the upper plate,

B, are then turned inward over the edges of `as seen in Fig. 2, against the outer face of said trough, when they are, preferably, soldered in place.

I am aware that tenoned braces composed of a single plate have before been attached to or upon a trough by passing said tenons through the sides of the llatter and turning them` upward in the form of a hook, and, therefore, do not claim such construction.

In order that the suspension-rods E and E may be rigidly attached to the roof, so as to prevent longitudinal and vertical motion of the eaves-trough, l take a strip of sheet metal, F, of suitable size, fold the same together around each rod, and through its united ends drive a nail, f, into said roof.

This method of attaching the rod is effective, simple, and inexpensive, and materially increases the strength and durability of the trough.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new lsf- 1. The brace or bar B, composed of two corru gated and joined metal plates, provided with tenoned ends that are divided horizontally and combined with the eaves-trough A, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the suspension-rods E and E, the clips F and F, constructed in the manner and for the purpose substantially as shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of J une, 1874.

OHAUNCEY D. WOODRUFF. Witnesses:

GEO. S. PRINDLE,

JOHN R. YOUNG.. 

